Sean Lissemore grew up in New Jersey and attended college in Virginia, but it’s Texas he wants to call home. The versatile Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman made that clear this week when he signed a three-year extension that includes a guaranteed $3.1 million and will keep him under contract through 2016. “I’m just glad to […]
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The Cowboys on Friday ruled out nose tackle Jay Ratliff (ankle), center Phil Costa (back) and rookie safety Matt Johnson (hamstring) for Sunday’s game at Seattle. It’s the second straight week Ratliff will spend at home. He missed the season-opening win at the New York Giants last week after suffering a high ankle sprain in […]
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Cowboys defensive lineman Sean Lissemore has received a three-year contract extension that includes $3.1 million in guaranteed money and will keep him under contract through 2016, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s web site reported Thursday. Lissemore’s original four-year deal was set to expire after the 2013 season. According to the Star-Telegram’s Clarence E. Hill Jr., Lissemore’s […]
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Coach Jason Garrett is pulling out the motivational stops this season in an attempt to land the Cowboys in the playoffs for the first time since 2009. Garrett said at his news conference in Irving on Thursday that players who overcome adversity to deliver outstanding performances will receive hard hats worn by miners working underground. […]
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With the Cowboys’ hard-nosed DeMarco Murray and the Seahawks’ bulldozing Marshawn Lynch carrying the ball, gang tackling will be the order of the day for both defenses Sunday in Seattle. Murray, who rushed for 139 yards on 22 carries in a 23-13 win over Seattle last season, broke a pair of tackles at the line […]
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Dallas Cowboys cornerback Mike Jenkins let it be known Wednesday that his shoulder and psyche are doing just fine. The fifth-year pro is expected to make his season debut Sunday at Seattle after February surgery on his right shoulder sidelined him throughout the offseason, the preseason and last week’s 24-17 season-opening win over the New […]
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A friend of former NFL wide receiver and San Antonio Brackenridge graduate Sam Hurd has formally pleaded guilty to a cocaine possession charge in connection that Hurd tried to start a major drug ring, according to the Associated Press. Appearing before a federal judge Wednesday, Toby Lujan formally changed his plea to guilty almost a […]
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Seattle’s Leon Washington had a down year in 2010 after scoring on three kickoff returns in 2010, his first year with the Seahawks. But the seventh-year pro got off to a strong start last week in the season-opening 20-16 loss to Arizona, returning a kickoff 83 yards in the third quarter to set up the […]
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The NFL fined Cowboys left tackle Tyron Smith $15,750 for his horse collar tackle of Michael Boley, a play that prevented the Giants linebacker from scoring after he intercepted a Tony Romo pass in the second quarter of last week’s opener. Smith stopped Boley at the 2-yard line for a 51-yard return. After the penalty […]
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